The Spirit blessed my heart with a gem this week..... I wanted to share it with all of you!
"no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and this is their vindication from me,”declares the Lord. (Isaiah 54:17)No weapon....
For the children of Israel, this meant real physical weapons of war. For us today, this can mean harsh words, accusations, slander, insults, and more. It can mean persecution for our faith.
But God has promised us that these weapons will not prevail against us. He even says that we will be able to refute every tongue that accuses us!
Maybe not right then.
Maybe not for a while.
But we will be vindicated. We will be defended and justified. This is our heritage, as servants of our Lord. This is His promise.
As we walk through this world, we will fight battles, if we stand for Him. We can be assured of the final outcome.
But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. (II Thessalonians 3:3)It's a done deal! Look.....
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)Deo vindice!
If a verse or a passage has inspired you recently, won't you consider leaving a comment to tell about it? You will never know how many hearts you may bless with your words!
Tonya who is a very dear friend, and the founder of this bible study, is in need of the Lord’s comfort and our prayers. Her husband has passed from this life into glory after a very long illness. This is a long passage, but it perfectly describes her husband, his fight with his illness and his passing into glory.
ReplyDeleteFor we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. 2 Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, 3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.
6 Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. 7 For we live by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 9 So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
2 Cor 5: 1-10
Cathy, thank you for letting all of us know. I know that we all will bear up Tonya and her family in our prayers.
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